Adjustable bracket for transmitters



(No Model) A. Y. GORDON. ADJUSTABLE BRACKET FOR TEANSMITTERS. No. 569,376. Patented Oct. 13, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

ANDREIV Y. GORDON, OF MASSILLON, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE BRACKET FOR TRANSMITTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,376, dated October 13, 1896.

Application filed July 21,1896- Serial No. 599,987. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW Y. GORDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Massillon, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Brackets for Transmitters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a detached view of the transmitter and its connecting-arm. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the bracket properly connected to a telephone. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through line 00 at, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the pivoted vertical bar. Fig. 5 is a view of the flanges for connecting the vertical bar. Fig. 6 is a detached View of the tension-spring. Fig. 7 is a modification of Fig. 3.

The present invention has relation to adjustable brackets for transmitters; and it consists in the different parts and combination of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, A repre sents the plate, which is securely fixed to a telephone or some other fixed object, as desired, and should be of such a size that the objects and purposes hereinafter described can be carried out. The plate A is provided with the flanges a, which flanges are preferably formed integral with the plate and are located a short distance apart to receive the hinged portion Z) of the vertical bar B, which hinged portion is located as illustrated in Fig. 2. The vertical bar B is pivotally connected to the flanges a by means of a suitable clamping bolt or bar located through the flanges or hinged portion 1).

The vertical bar 13 is provided with the integral disks 0 and d. The disk 0 is concave upon one of its faces, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4:, and is so formed for the purpose of receiving the conveXo-concave spring 0, said spring being located substantially as shown in Fig. 3, and is for the purpose hereinafter described. Upon the disks 0 and (Z are located the heads 6, which heads are held against the disks by means of the bolt f and the nut g and the clamping-bolt h.

The heads 6 are provided with the arms 6, which arms are for the purpose of connecting the inner ends of the parallel bars D, which parallel bars may be attached in any convenient and well-known manner. The parallel bars D may be formed of any desired length, reference being had to the location of the transmitter in connect-ion with surrounding objects. To the outer ends of the paral lel bars D are attached the heads E, which heads are pivotally attached to the vertical bar F by means of the bolts or their equivalent. To the vertical bar F is pivotally attached the arm G, which arm is provided with the eye g; or, in other words, the eye g is formed by bending the members of the arm G so as to form said eye. The eye g is for the purpose of surrounding the vertical bar F, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The arm G is preferably formed of sheet metal and the members clamped together by means of the clamping-bolt g thereby providing a means for adjusting the tension of the eye g upon the bar F.

It will be understood that the tension of the eye g should be such that the transmitter H will be held in the position placed and yet at the same time can be turned horizontally at any desired angle to the parallel bars D.

The ends of the arms G are securely attached to the transmitter-plate I in any convenient manner. For the purpose of holding the parallel bars I), together with the transinitter, at any desired point of vertical adjustment the spring 0 is provided, which spring presses or bears upon the nut g, the tension being adjusted by the nut 9.

For the purpose of adjusting the transmitter H the handle II is provided, which handle is preferably formed bya continuation of the bar F. It will be understood that by my peculiar arrangement I am enabled to so adjust a transmitter for telephones that it will be convenient for desk use and at the same time can be quickly and easily adjusted for use to different-sized persons when myim proved device is attached or connected to a telephone, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

By my peculiar arrangement the transmitter 1-1 is at all times held in a true horizontal position, without reference to the vertical adjustment of said transmitter. By pivotally attaching the vertical bar B to the flanges a I am enabled to provide a horizontal adjustment and at the same time always holding or carrying the transmitter in a true horizontal position.

For the purpose of providing the spring 0 with sufficient elasticity the slits or cuts d are formed, said cuts being arranged substantially as shown in Fig. 6. The object is to provide a spring that will press or bear sufficiently to give the desired amount of tension. If desired, the disk 0, in place of being concaved upon its face, may be convexed and the nut g concaved, said concavity being formed so as to fit the convexed face of the disk, in which event the spring C can be dispensed with. For the purpose of axially rota-tin g the transmitter H from time to time to agitate the contents of said transmitter the transmitter II should be rotatably mounted upon the bolt or bar (Z For the purpose of making proper connection to the transmitter the spring-arm K is provided, which spring-arm is connected to the arm G andshould be insulated from said arm, which spring-arm is curved and is so adjusted that it will come in contact with the transmitter H, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a plate having hinged thereto a bar provided with disks, heads pivotally connected to the bar, parallel bars connected to heads at their inner and outer ends, and the bar F, carrying the transmitter H, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A plate having pivotally attached thereto a bar, said bar provided with disks, parallel bars connected to heads, and said heads pivotally connected to the bars 13 and F, the arm G, provided with the eye 9, the clampingbolt 9 passed through the members of the arm G, and the transmitter-plate I, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The pivoted bar B, provided with the disks d and c, the diskc, being concaved upon one of its faces, the spring 0, located in the concavity of the disk 0, the nut g, the parallel bars D, the bar 13, carrying a transmitter and provided with an operating-handle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that Iclaim the above Ihave hereunto subscribed myname in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDRE \V Y. GORDON.

Vitnesses:

F. W. BOND, BERTHA FINCH. 

